Tag: Contemporary design

Souk: Lebanese Street Food Served in Contemporary Athens

A new trend is emerging throughout the Mediterranean and we kinda like it: a growing number of food artists...

Recycled Furniture to Be Sold at Israeli Auction Next Week

Select pieces of recycled, eco friendly furniture will be sold at an auction house in central Israel next week...

Paper Carton Furniture Is No Pulp Fiction

Paper pulp furniture is stronger than it looks. Bamboo has been praised for several years as the most sustainable material...

Jerusalem Design Week Uses Design to Heat Our Reactions to Climate Change

Jerusalem's second annual Design Week will generate awareness of climate change through design and show off some local sustainable...

Lamps Made With 50% Sawdust, Some Plastic Bags, and Some Ingenuity

Made from sawdust and plastic bags alone, these adhesive-free lamps take leftover materials and make them shine again. Plastic bags...

Mannequin-made Chair Puts Human Form in Motion

When this mannequin free falls, low-carbon-footprint chairs with "human" form are made. Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi, the head of the...

Ron Arad’s Bike Wheels Will Never Go Flat

Ron Arad's bike is up for the auction block: These wheels will add some spring to your ride. Unlike the...

Meet Me in St. Louis for Sukkah City 2011

Inspired by last year's Sukkah City in NYC (see one of the past designs above), St. Louis is hosting...

More Sustainable Eye Glasses – Wood or Human Hair?

If you think these sunglasses are made from tortoise shell, guess again. Accessories may be one of the most important...

Upcycled Bath Tub Chair Design by Reddish

Designers often talk about "clean" design, with crisp lines and an absence of frou-frou decoration. See the emergence of...

Modular Loop Chair Serves a Twelve-Fold Function

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5iRB8amlw0 The seven modular folds of the Loop Chair grant it a twelve-fold function. Modular: constructed with standardized units or dimensions...

Organic Computer Design Reminds Us to Take Our Eyes Away From the Screen

Hanging from the ceiling like an ivy plant, Omer Deutsch's "Secondary Growth" computer design softens the harsh, plastic, traditional...